Telegram-herald., 1887-08-13
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Paddy Col.ias ~as TIE frst oEeaasr
yzakssl lss-n ia 1all pen D. Balm
pslfea. a Ps.ics Co1rt yesterday morning
Hs aamlttst thsE ks had 5een iatoxiestec
aad His Honor Judge Holmes decresd th4r
Re ses4ld serve tselEs days ia the County
jail a haFd l20oE. noE being ALE 70 pay
lie q s<sn1 costs. samuel A Frey and
= liilaaa T. Hyds pleaded guilty % charge
o. oelas ln1oLcaLed snd paid s. - aud
s. ~ EesPscuye4y. John Ink ~4s f0ond
guilty 0k dlsonssFly conduct oat upon
presenting the clerk silh a cheek for 8. -
1e sss rslessed With TIE Courts blessing.
ffs0k Aarsden. charged With fsslArov,
Vas called Tor examination, out ~ request
o. co1a=e. tos hearing uss adjourned ~
Aasuss -. James Shields and Joseph
| kesrsi0a sers arraizusd ca a charge Oi as
szull aud battery. 4nd pleaded lot guilty.
tAsg 4Fs the men no assaulted the Assist
sat Po1ncnasfsr. and they VII have
hsaFiaz August IL.
Wan. ". Pnlppsn. charged with Illegal
pfactice % medicine Was gwen = jury trlal
az tus allera0on session. l. 4. Carroll con
Quoting Tie prosecution aRd .. G. Howell
Appearing Tor the defendant The iaJter
eklaCsted al OF his challenges on the Jury,
sd sesa cOBtenE wiiL lLAE. bat wanted
/ ~ keep tne balat pusy al The afternoon
l chasing after Jurors The first witness for
Ihe prosecution Wss Deputy Coanty Clerk
( + Z. CEfpsnlsf. WlO Na5 called upon 10
I produce a medical practitioners sworn
sfatellant nied with the COunty
I ,ilo Jaae - i-.4 Howell objected 30
/ Iais all denied hat the signature was Or.
I Plipre1 and ,naf 10 vas immAleTial eYl-
/ esrce. lie iumheF5d up tie court Vita OBJ
/ iecI1ns uoll the Judge became weary ami
sat d5sn on him. p. ii. % Brlen. the
GnceELzKer, was sworn, aud exhibited a
/ burial certificate signed by DR. Phippen.
I Again Howell objected. and denied taat II
was Pnlppeu's signature. Clerk IOzer Was
| pgl up0n the stand and sWOre that he VII
/ messed lne signature of Phlppen 10 . bail
/ bond, Ana that Il was very Ike the one on
the sworn statement. Dr. Schermerhorn
tsstlAed that Le had been called TO attend .
| patient On the West side whom Phippen
! bad been attending. and saw on the bottles
| of medicine TIE name Of DR.. Phippen.
! Peter Jones, husband OF the patient testi-
| fed that he bad EN- ployed the services OF
fhippen 10 attend his wife since last
! fail up 10 the time he called in Dr. Scher-
! merhOrn, about three weeks ago. and had
1 paid him for his services. Wheeler and
Gregg. two men residing on WaterloO-st.,
testified % Phippen's having attended sick
ness IN their families. L. III. Church, jani-
! tor of the Superintendent of Schools Office,
testified that Phippen was janiior OF the
| Colt Avenue School snd the superin ten
dents office, IN 1884, and that he was ep-
pointed 10 the position with the aid OF
Phippen upon the latter's retirement This
closed the testimony for the prosecution,
and the defense put their first and only wit
ness on the stand, VIM. W. Phippen, the
respondent in the case. de said that be
came % Michigan from the county oi
] Huron. ont. IN March, 1879. locating al
Bay City. From there he came 10 this
IN March. 1879 Wh,n be arrived here he
went 20 the Parnell House, his furniture bs-
ing delay ed on the WAY. Not having sufficient
practice 10 support himself he resorted tC
painting and finally got a position as school
JanitOr. In explanation of the medica
practioner's statement which was filed in
the County Clerks office, stating that be
had practiced medicine one year in this
| state. be said that Dr. Miller came 10 HIN
and advised him 70 file his statement and
be registered. as there were some physicians
who were watching an opportunity to pro-
secnte him. Miller procured a blank and
told Phippen that be would fill it out anC
leave 1t with the County Clerk for him q
swear 10. Phippen went and sWOre 10 4
aud placed his signature without reading
or having read the contents of the paper
In cross examination he stated that in Bay
City he worked the most Of his time a.
coopering and jaDitor Of school building
| That when he came here lie went abou
| curing people by laving his hands on then
and giving medicines made from roots snC
herbs 'exhumed from the bowels of the
earth. About month after bis arriv
al he went TO work painting and
efisctiug cures at the same time. Finally
about a yesr ago be located az % Soutf
Ionia-st.. and hung out his shingle." HI
made = few breaks and contradicted hi
statements several times, but il was notices
, that he stopped to think minute before hI
answered questions. Among several othe
serious blunders whicl be has made il
signing official papers, is the forging OF TIT
Mayors name TO permit. which he CAV
10 4 child who had been Ill with contsgi
ous disease, 10 order that he might return
10 school. Phipper admits this. but says i
was done in a hurry and was a mis-
take. he is evidently yer,
!, ignorant man. he never graduated
from any medical or other college. Phip
pen Ia q clsrivoysnt or Spiritualist. as Is ais,
Howell. his attorney. and nine women
members Of the sect, and one OF them
medium. were present during the trial Th
Prosecuting Attorney asked that the cas-
be adjourned until this morning. "a tb
; people had some re5usting evidence 10 pu
ia. Howell objected 70 this as be had don
% everything sc. bat was sat upon BY tn
Sutge. who adjourned the case until 1
o'clOck this morning.
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